Enums have a to string method one use to make them look less ancient.

I actually find the uppercase printout makes them stand out as option values more than they do as plain text, but also, using the toString() name might make it more difficult to convert back to the object.

Btw. Aren't enums static and thus bad for something like expandable lists ?

Most of the lists you're seeing aren't expandable :) But what in specific are your concerns with this? I may have missed something important.

~Lincoln